[AusNOG] Why No Form Of Censorship Is A Good Thing

Mark Newton newton at internode.com.au
Fri Jul 23 12:32:36 EST 2010


On 23/07/2010, at 11:55 AM, Kai wrote:

> This is the kinda article I'd expect to see in China or something... ~sigh~
> 
> No Minister: 90% of web snoop document censored to stop 'premature unnecessary debate'
> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/no-minister-90-of-web-snoop-document-censored-to-stop--premature-unnecessary-debate-20100722-10mxo.html

Commentary this morning on twitter questions how long 'til Wikileaks publishes
the unredacted version of that document.  Perhaps they oughtn't have bothered
censoring it.

(See "Streisand Effect": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect )


   - mark

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